The goal for my current short story is to create a working piece of adult fiction, something that a reader won’t have to stumble all over in order to understand. The short short (outside of my preferred realm of children’s literature and poetry) is very difficult for me to approach. I would like there to be a feeling of mystery for the components that aren’t fully explained, but I would like to provide everything people need in order to make sense of the story as a whole. I want to hold up an example of a round, dynamic character, with a coarse exterior hiding many of the problems going on beneath (loss of his father, overwhelming responsibility to family, guilt etc.). He should be a character that readers first flinch or laugh at for his gruff humor, but in time they should come to understand and pity him. I would prefer the language to be economical, yet descriptive, bringing perceptions of situations to the reader that they may not have experience or thought of in that way before. If readers of my story could enjoy the words as much as the plot, this would be an accomplishment. All that I can expect of the reader is a little patience considering this is not my primary realm of creative writing and to enjoy.
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